Abuja, Jan 22, 2020: A senior church leader in Nigeria, who was abducted in early January, has reportedly now been killed. Reverend Lawan Andimi, a state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was taken during a raid in Michika, a town in Nigeria’s Adamawa state. A video wasContinue Reading
Cameroon Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Balla of Bafia was reported missing on May 31 and found dead on June 1. His body was pulled out of the river about 10 miles from his abandoned vehicle. A note reading, “I am in the water,” was recovered from his vehicle and led manyContinue Reading
Olivia Jackson On International Women’s Day, one statistic you may not hear much is that 83% of global women identify with a religious faith. Pew Research asked people in 84 countries how often they pray; in half of them, substantially more women than men say they pray on a dailyContinue Reading
“Yesterday I had just one cup of millet [grain] left. There are 12 people in our house. We went to bed last night not knowing what we’ll eat today. I got down on my knees and prayed to God to help me. I went to sleep thinking that this veryContinue Reading
Maiduguri: Amid the apparent decline of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, a Nigerian bishop who had a vision of Christ has repeated his belief that praying the rosary will bring victory over the group. Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said his vision of Christ encouraged the people ofContinue Reading
Nigerian Christians displaced by Boko Haram are beginning to return home. They are being encouraged by the government, which has won back territory from the insurgents but which is also struggling to provide enough aid. World Watch Monitor received a first-hand account from church worker Isaac* describing day-to-day living nowContinue Reading
The conflict has forced 2,000 schools to close, some for more than a year, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and NigerContinue Reading
At least 200 people were killed in the past week in Boko Haram attackContinue Reading
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme had a vision of ChristContinue Reading